This meta-analysis evaluated the efficacy and safety of periprostatic nerve block (PPNB) and intrarectal local anesthestic (IRLA) gel in alleviating pain during prostate biopsy. Electronic databases ...

Here in this study, we evaluated the benefit of intrarectal lidocaine injection anesthesia in patients undergoing TRUS-guided prostate biopsy. Patients admitted to our outpatient clinic were evaluated ...

In 2018, a 68-year-old Norwegian stonemason named Roar Gulbrandsen died after undergoing a routine transrectal biopsy. When the cause of death was determined to have been a massive, preventable ...

About two million American men undergo transrectal biopsies each year to diagnose prostate cancer or to monitor low-risk and favorable intermediate-risk prostate cancers for active surveillance (AS).

If the Crossfire debate at the American Urological Association (AUA) virtual annual meeting is any indication, advocates for transperineal (TP) biopsies face an uphill battle in persuading U.S.

SAN DIEGO, CA and VANCOUVER, Aug. 31, 2012 /CNW/ - Sophiris Bio Inc. (TSX: SHS) today announced data from its transrectal safety study, in which PRX302, the company's drug candidate for the treatment ...

Injections deliver liquid medications, fluids, or nutrients directly into a person’s body. Different types of injections include intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intraosseous, and intradermal ...

There was a large placebo effect noted from both transperineal and transrectal injections. Minimally invasive therapy Transurethral microwave therapy (TUMT). In a Cochrane Review published in 2012, ...